OVERHEARD

Published May 31, 2026 Updated May 31, 2026 06:59am

“Some actors who work hard on their looks have bad breath. Even when I offer them cardamom, they refuse, and I say please take it for all of us.”

— Mizna Waqas, actor


“I got goosebumps when men contacted me after watching Bas Tera Saath Ho, which showed a boy being abused by his family and said similar things had happened to them. Not only girls but boys can suffer and cry, too.”

— Farhan Saeed,
actor and singer


“Some celebrities are self-made and some are sex-made and pretend to be self-made. Don’t be fooled by their lies.”

— Naeema Butt, actor


“Saba Qamar should play Anmol Pinky in her biopic, which should be made ASAP before Bollywood does. Gohar Rasheed can play her husband.”

— Bilal Hassan, photojournalist, writer and influencer

Published in Dawn, ICON, May 31st, 2026

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